Congregation and church | About God and gods

About our hymns

On 4 September 2019 By Teun de Jager In Spiritual Life, Fellowhip and Church, Serving God

The singing of hymns is to the glory of God, exalts Him, and besides it is the salvation of our own souls.

being united

On 27 March 2019 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Fellowhip and Church

Unanimity in the Christian congregation is only possible when the mind of Christ Jesus is in us.

The Church According to Luke

On 5 March 2018 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Fellowhip and Church

As I was recently more or less 'accidentally' reading through the last section of the Gospel according to Luke, it struck me that in this section (Luke 24:36-53) Luke mentions a number of things that you might ...

An uneven yoke

On 17 June 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Spiritual Life, Fellowhip and Church

Paul's call "Do not form an unequal span with unbelievers (...)" (2 Corinthians 6:14) has been much applied to marriage. A warning not to marry an unbeliever. Now as far as I'm concerned that may ...

truth and love

On 30 April 2017 By Teun de Jager In Spiritual Life, Fellowhip and Church

The second letter of John[1] is an extraordinary letter. It is short, I already knew that, but suddenly I realized that most of my posts on this site are much longer. Well, John ...

God in the middle?

On 13 March 2017 By Teun de Jager In Topical, Fellowhip and Church

The past year has in some ways been a search for truth and falsehood when it comes to the work of the Spirit of God. The trail of that journey can be found in the ...

The unity of the Spirit (2)

On 2 December 2016 By Teun de Jager In Biblestudy, Spiritual Life, Fellowhip and Church

When Christians do not know what it is to 'walk in the Spirit' they will live a life according to the flesh. The consequences for the unity of believers are disastrous. We can learn this from the first five chapters of the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

The Unity of the Spirit

On 19 November 2016 By Teun de Jager In Fellowhip and Church, Holy Spirit

What is the unity the Lord Jesus is talking about in His prayer to the Father? What are the characteristics of this unity and does the Spirit of God have anything to do with it? A voyage of discovery through the last speeches of the Lord Jesus before the cross.